My quilt guild had a doily challenge because one of the members had a couple of bags of hand crocheted doilies that were given to her. So the challenge was born. We could add a doily to a quilt in any way we wanted to. The suggested size was 18"x 18" or 18" x 20".
I had used cotton doilies in the past under a teacup block, but I wanted to do something different with this crocheted doily. I decided to paint the doily because plain white was just too boring for my taste. At first I thought of just making a Dream Catcher by sewing it onto a wooden or metal hoop, but I didn't have the right size hoop. Next I thought I could tie 4 small branches together and then sew it in the center of the branches and add strips of fabric and ribbon on the bottom branch. But when I tried doing that, it just didn't look right. And while neither of those ideas were quilts, I figured it would meet the challenge of using a doily at least.
But the Dream Catcher idea was still rolling around in my brain, when I thought why not do a Dream Catcher Quilt? Black fabric was the obvious background color so that the painted doily would pop. Since most Dream Catchers have ribbons and/or feathers dangling from the bottom, I thought I would quilt my feathers with variegated thread colors. I like how the quilted feathers looked, but you couldn't see them very well. So next I brought out the Shiva Paint Stiks
™ and painted the feathers with metallic paint. That is just what it needed. I hand embroidered the "strings" and added a lot of pretty hot fix crystals for bling. I also added some beaded trim to the bottom of the quilt. Finally I used my Kumihimo disk to braid the hanging rope and thought a branch looked more organic for the Dream Catcher, rather than a wooden dowel. I really love how this came out too. I didn't follow the suggested size of the quilt for the challenge, but this is
my quilt, and I wanted something that would please me.
![Patchouli Moon Studio~ Dream Catcher Quilt](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP1aEeranTurs8CxhjDvYO1XpypmjHT3-89C1FASeh-k8txdLcXBAIXYWy5yA-4LRBarhCQyC8GF59yZPZ6f4_J9a48Zhw_yr3MqJBvX0gEobp7edlVdU5mpldqvN2oaDVbR4uhBil2Q/s640/Doily+Dream+Catcher+quilt+%25283%2529.JPG) |
Painted the doily and added hot fix crystals. |
![Patchouli Moon Studio~ Dream Catcher Quilt](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqNX36JI1_wjxbMl0zy9B7otIji1AETNKzbHNrLabyFUi2glKI-yFdbQgm28-TxYXlwvSjfoSxhiCHO2A-eyQp_DV7_hc0M8UJb00acw32TWd7QdsNi97E6wRTPD18RA9SQ72X7zZ2e8/s640/Doily+Dream+Catcher+quilt+%25285%2529.JPG) |
Quilted the feathers and then painted them. |
![Patchouli Moon Studio~ Dream Catcher Quilt](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZ5l8FFc4qVZxCzUsMv3X8KWfgvvvyr1uxAMycMx7qR-YC2KEHyRxmM58M_XNXXb6U2BHfPx3cBycEo6IrJHKDzbTZ3CJuxpoUDjhHMf-hVaiI5OpbKVlFXR6TV-3XdWlA3FaPauSWpo/s640/Doily+Dream+Catcher+quilt+%25287%2529.JPG) |
Beaded trim at base of quilt. |
![Patchouli Moon Studio~ Dream Catcher Quilt](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReGL9SN5MCb2siIHaRA3qXT-xq2oLPf9IeraXUeAD2it7GrPeY0j8K7vrao_VROAGqOMoUdlya6nl6llE6LtYwqs4wY7S2NwgO7Oi6zZmI_SNvPLYAJrk2swyL-fgvPxjI9iRcZmw7Us/s640/Doily+Dream+Catcher+quilt+%252810%2529.JPG) |
I used a variety of paint colors as well as variegated threads for quilting the feathers. |
![Patchouli Moon Studio~ Dream Catcher Quilt](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpHubpKOkE6JMpjmX32az4qbrNGZQWr0Xozzi82zdscaExvp3moWAHbbQRCYvMUM8zuO_GyHtYj0d6YQ0ikX3Khw5zi6Q8Puqnb_xsPdxb__C4bNEiKhitBHNxBvOV6qBS41us7S7FIs/s1600/Doily+Dream+Catcher+quilt+%252811%2529.JPG) |
The stick with the braided hanging rope (which I made with my Kumihimo disk). |
![Patchouli Moon Studio~ Dream Catcher Quilt](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDsrmHK3LDdbx9ix0vrN-gioJmNbDlglDdHSQYtm6UKdOfYOTgMB_iKbicHnh8UimAhuen_RoBGLf2xEiHjHzBQ7vpFQz8Jd9QBBsbscxgDdjEfTE2FnoBhBqJaO_TCYFiS1JaBj84bw/s640/Doily+Dream+Catcher+quilt+%252813%2529.JPG) |
I dotted more hot fix crystals around the feathers too. |
There was only about 7 people who showed their doily challenge quilts on Thursday at our quilt guild meeting. I forgot to bring my camera to take photos of them and I guess the person who does our guild blog didn't take any photos either. Oh well, at least you can see mine here.
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